"flippancy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈflɪ.pən.si/ [UK], /ˈflɪ.pɛn.si/ [US], /ˈflɪ.pɛnt.si/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-flippancy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: flippancies [plural]
Etymology: flippant + -cy Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|flippant|cy}} flippant + -cy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} flippancy (countable and uncountable, plural flippancies)
  1. A disrespectful levity or pertness especially in respect to grave or sacred matters. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: flippant Translations (disrespectful levity or pertness): непочтителност (nepočtitelnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), lichtzinnigheid [feminine] (Dutch), Leichfertigkeit [feminine] (German), fehlende Ernsthaftigkeit [feminine] (German), mangelnder Ernst [masculine] (German), braise [feminine] (Irish), braschaint [feminine] (Irish), deiliús [masculine] (Irish), fídireacht [feminine] (Irish), soibealtacht [feminine] (Irish), leviandade [feminine] (Portuguese), locuacidad [feminine] (Spanish)

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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "disrespectful levity or pertness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "disrespectful levity or pertness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "sense": "disrespectful levity or pertness",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "disrespectful levity or pertness",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "disrespectful levity or pertness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "disrespectful levity or pertness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "soibealtacht"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "disrespectful levity or pertness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "leviandade"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "disrespectful levity or pertness",
      "tags": [
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